Smart Grid
ITC Holdings, a US-based electricity transmissions company, this week announced it is working to develop a 12,000-megawatt transmission line network to bring clean energy from wind-driven sources in the Midwest to large population centers like Chicago and Minneapolis. The so-called “Green Power Express” will add about 3,000 miles
biofuels
So much cleantech news, so little time. If you haven’t been able to keep up with all the recent headlines, here’s a recap of some highlights: * The Eastern Sugar Group of Thailand has started trial operations of an ethanol plant that will use molasses and cassava as fuel
Malta
IBM will work with the Maltese National Electricity and Water Utilities over the next five years to help bring a €70 million smart grid system to the island nation of Malta. The phased project will entail replacing 250,000 analog electricity meters with smart meters that can better manage energy
carbon sequestration
A proposed $825 billion programme to revive the US’s tottering economy includes spending for a long list of clean and green initiatives. Unveiled this past week by President-elect Barack Obama and Democratic members of the House of Representatives, the plan calls for heavy investment in renewable energy development, electric
austin
City officials in Austin, Texas, have embarked upon a project to develop what they are calling the “energy system of the future.” Undertaken in cooperation with the Environmental Defense Fund, the University of Texas’ Technology Incubator, Austin Energy and the local chamber of commerce, the Pecan Street Project aims to
investment
Put on your party hats and spike the punch: it’s party time at Trilliant’s. The smart grid outfit has landed itself a nice tasty $40m in financing from an affiliate of MissionPoint Capital Partners and zouk ventures, both of whom are rather keen on putting their money into
GE Energy
What’s smarter than a roomful of Mensa members doing a super hard sudoku with one hand and getting a triple word score in Scrabble with the other and then working out the 23rd digit of pi at the same time? A smart grid. What’s smarter than a smart
energy
Normally when Greenbang gets a warm and fuzzy feeling inside, she knows it’s time to lay off the advocaat cocktails. But today, it’s not advocaat giving her that feeling, it’s a recently closed venture capital fund. The Latin American Ignia fund, which has wrapped up with $20.
electricity
Do you want to know how much Intel’s investment arm, Intel Capital, invested in smart grid company Grid Net? Do you? Huh? Huh? Well, Greenbang’s not going to tell you. So there. Not because she doesn’t want to mind – Greenbang’s not like that – but because she
investment
It must be nice to be a smart grid company at the moment. Everyone’s lauding your products, there’s a bright future ahead, you just snap your fingers and there’s some lucky devil wanting to throw cash at you. Greenbang warrants that if smart grid companies wanted to
boulder
In December next year, there’s going to be a bit of a celebration in Boulder, Colorado. No points if you guessed that’s because of Christmas, a lot of points and a triple word score if you guessed that’s because Xcel Energy’s $100 million SmartGridCity project will